Man jailed for sex with child he was 'besotted and infatuated with' posted truly disturbing meme that said 'only you'

Michael Gibbons, 25, lied to her father and said he would stay away before posing meme showing a pic of girl and boy model in swim wear, with words: "I want you. I want us. I want it all. With you. Only you."

"He knew how old she was and what had happened was wrong," Mr Dunne said.

Gibbons, of Brough, admitted three counts of sexual activity with a child.

He denied a further charge of causing a child to watch a sexual act, and was acquitted of that after the prosecution offered no evidence.

Richard Thompson, mitigating, handed in a series of testimonials for Gibbons, who was of previous good character.

Referring to a pre-sentence report, he said: "Those discussions with the probation officer can't, I submit, have been easy.

"There is always scope for the defendant being criticised for the attitude he advances, but in my submission, he was able to reflect on what had happened and accept an appropriate degree of responsibility."